Long Jeans

Long jeans are kind of like an illusive tiger.

You know they are out there, but where and how to find long jeans in their natural habitat takes tremendous skill and patience.

So even though you may have been “blessed” with runway model legs and “enjoy” being able to see over the crowd and reach anything on the top shelf, when it comes to finding a great pair of long jeans, you are a second class citizen! 

Most retailers discriminate against you (single tear)—and with good reason! Carrying inventory for a small percent of the population that may or may not buy from your store can get expensive. 

So where does the discrimination begin, you ask? Well if you have an inseam greater than 31.5” for women or 33.5” for men, you’re in the top 10th percentile of the population. Awesome for towering over your fellow 7th graders. Not so awesome for finding jeans long enough to cover your ankles.

But then indiDenim waltzed onto the scene. And with us as your personal denim sherpa, the pursuit of the long jeans has become a lot easier.

And not to brag or anything, but we’ve gone pretty long. We’ve even made jeans for pro-basketball players.Yeah—we’re kind of a big deal.

So how long have we gone? A quick query from our trusty database yields the results.

The winners are (drum roll please):
43” for men
39” for women

If you or someone you know (or someone you don’t know, for that matter—people with 43” inseams are easy to spot!) can beat our record—let us know. We’ll even devote an entire blog post to them and their impressive inseam.

Let the tall human hunt begin!

And when you find this giant, make sure to send us a photo of him (or her!) looking especially tigerish.

Perhaps something in the same vein as this would be appropriate:

image courtesy of http://www.konicaminolta.com

posted by: abigail on September 29, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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If you’ve ever found yourself on the hunt for extra long jeans, you would know that finding extra long jeans and actually buying extra long jeans are two very different challenges.  So why does the price tag grow as the inseam grows?  Does it really cost that much more for jean companies to tack on an extra inch?

The Answer: simple supply and demand.  Since there are fewer people out there who need extra long jeans, there are also fewer denim companies who will make extra long jeans, and so it goes, the ticket price matches the rarity of the commodity.  Ouch.  Economics hurts sometimes, huh?

The first time I met my future mother-in-law she commented to her son lovingly, “Well, her legs go all the way to the ground, don’t they?”  Yep, somewhere in the middle of the-hip-bone-is-connected-to-the-knee-bone-and-the-knee-bone-is-connected-to-the-ankle-bone, I got stuck with these lengthy legs.  Now, I’m not complaining (these babies come in handy now when reaching for things on top shelves at the grocery store and jumping over puddles), but is it just me or do twiggy, tall teenage girls seem to go through an abnormally long awkward stage before arriving at their adult statures?  I mean, really.  Tall skinny girls, I’d say between the ages of 13 and 16, have a really hard time finding jeans that fit their waist and their inseam.  I will confess that I, too, have been caught in high-water jeans and have burned many an elementary school picture in fear that I may be found out as the criminal of fashion high-treason that I am.

Well, there’s good news for all of us.  indi enables you to design your own reasonably priced pair of custom-made premium jeans tailored to fit your inseam and your wallet.  In fact, we are no strangers to orders for extra long jeans whose inseams reach upwards of 37 inches. After you place your order at indi, pick a heel height for your jean so that, regardless of how tall you are to begin with, your extra long jeans go all the way to the ground along with those extra long legs!

posted by: Amy D on February 13, 2009 at 10:40 pm
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TAGS: custom jeans, long jeans

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